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Lyn Slater

New York, USA

Lyn Slater

Social work professor who became a fashion sensation at 64 when a photo of her went viral outside Milan Fashion Week. As the Accidental Icon, she built a following of 749K on Instagram by modeling bold personal style and aging on her own terms. Author of How to Be Old (Plume, 2024), she is one of the most cited pioneers of older-women fashion content online.

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